On the meaning of the Mahabharata (Record no. 34944)
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9789372259230 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 294.5923 |
| Item number | SUK |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Sukthankar, Vishnu S. |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | On the meaning of the Mahabharata |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc | Gyan Publishing, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | 2025 |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc | New Delhi : |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | x, 146 p. ; |
| Dimensions | 22 cm |
| 365 ## - TRADE PRICE | |
| Price amount | 325.00 |
| Price type code | ₹ |
| Unit of pricing | 01 |
| 490 ## - SERIES STATEMENT | |
| Series statement | Asiatic Society of Bombay. Society's monograph |
| Volume number/sequential designation | 4 |
| Series statement | T.C. Parekh Memorial fund publication ; |
| Volume number/sequential designation | no. 1. |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE | |
| Bibliography, etc | Includes indexes. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | It was in 1942 that the late Dr. V.S. Sukthankar was engaged to deliver four lectures on the 'Meaning of the Mahabharata' under the auspices of the University of Bombay. However, the fourth and last lecture was not delivered on account of his sad sudden demise on the morning of the day fixed for it. The Manuscript (Ms.) of these lectures-a veritable treasure to cherish had remained lost to the world of scholars for the long period of fifteen years. It bore the title "Four Lectures on the Meaning of the Mahabharata." This rather heavy-looking title has been abridged here in publication into the substantial title "On the Meaning of the Mahabharata." In a great many places, sentences or paragraphs have been placed in rectangular brackets in pencil. This bracketed material has been retained in the body of this book. Secondly, an alternative word or phrase is occasionally found written with a pencil in the margin along with an underscoring of the relevant word or words in the text. It is thought advisable to retain the text of the script as it stands, leaving such marginal alternatives alone. However, there is one exception: Dr. Sukthankar had rewritten in pencil almost a whole para at the end of the third lecture. This pencil-script is incorporated in the body of the book. A facsimile of this page is reproduced as the frontispiece. An English rendering of the German quotation from OLDENBURG is given in an Appendix for the convenience of the general reader. In Index, I Sanskrit quotations are printed in Devanagari for the benefit of those not quite conversant with the transliteration. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Mahabharata |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Mythology |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Sanskrit epic |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Criticism, interpretation |
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| Source of classification or shelving scheme | Dewey Decimal Classification |
| Item type | Books |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Cost, normal purchase price | Total Checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Koha item type |
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| Dewey Decimal Classification | DAU | DAU | 11/10/2025 | BBC | 325.00 | 294.5923 SUK | 036224 | 14/10/2025 | Books |